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book review: Exploring Lessons Learned from a Century of Outbreaks

  • 1.  book review: Exploring Lessons Learned from a Century of Outbreaks

    Posted 04-14-2020 09:37 AM

    Don Watson, FAIA, has reviewed Exploring Lessons Learned from a Century of Outbreaks (for the website Recovery Diva).

    https://recoverydiva.com/2020/04/09/book-review-exploring-lessons-learned-from-a-century-of-outbreaks/

    Donald Watson is editor of the website the OARS List - Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability. Co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011), he has served as SME and consultant for United Nations, U.S. AID, EPA, FEMA, and emergency planning, humanitarian and disaster relief organizations. Watson was also a chair and important thought leader with AIA COTE in the 1990s.

    Watson has done two reviews, a Watson review LONG VERSION(9 pages) and a Watson review SHORT VERSION (4 pages). Both are included here. Note that Watson includes a section called "Why this publication is of immediate interest and relevance to emergency professionals."

    #resilience

    #designforfuture



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